Being pregnant for such long stretches of her life also took a toll on the young queen. Their deaths affected the queen, who “cried vastly” in the aftermath according to her son’s nanny. Thirteen of Charlotte and George’s children lived to adulthood, while two died from smallpox. But the fictional Charlotte’s concerns are likely real: the future king led an extravagant life and failed to produce an heir for the throne (his brother William IV eventually succeeded him). In real life, she birthed 15 children with her husband King George III-including the future heir King George IV. Her biggest plight is that none of her sons have produced a legitimate heir, choosing instead to sleep around and have illicit affairs.
When Rosheuval appears in the Netflix spin-off, she’s ushering her brood of bratty children into a room to lecture them about providing her a worthy heir. Print Collector // Getty Images Their marriage produced many children and possible heirs. Upon first meeting King George III, it is believed that she threw herself at his feet as a show of deference and nerves.Ī portrait of the real Queen Charlotte.
She had a reportedly sheltered upbringing with a subpar education and a distance from royal life, despite being born in proximity to royalty (her father and brother were German dukes and her mother a princess).
The couple was married in 1761, just six hours after their first meeting. In real life, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was short-listed as a possible wife for the new king based solely on her pleasant and “sweet-tempered” personality-a far cry from the depiction we see in the Bridgerton spin-off. She is caught by the charming King George, whom she is immediately smitten with as he sweet-talks her and convinces her to stay. She opposes the arranged marriage so much that Charlotte even attempts to run away right before the wedding. Charlotte’s brother is handling her courtship due to the passing of her parents, and the future queen is putting her foot down about someone else deciding her future. In the Netflix spin-off, our introduction to a young Queen Charlotte is in a stagecoach on the way to meet the man that would become her future husband, and Charlotte is unhappy with the whole ordeal. Queen Charlotte was much less headstrong in real life. If you’re curious just how much of the new series is pulled from real life, read on. Play icon The triangle icon that indicates to playīut unlike the original series which is largely an act of fiction, Queen Charlotte has some footing in reality-she and husband King George III were real royal figures in British history during the 18th century.
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